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General Packet Radio Service: GPRS
White Papers General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a new service that provides packet radio access for users of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technology. The introduction of GPRS marks the first time a packet data technology is implemented in...
[March 22, 2005, 2:00]
Data Capabilities: GPRS to HSDPA
White Papers It then explains the capabilities as well as workings of the different technologies, including GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and HSDPA. The paper then examines the evolution from GPRS to HSDPA, including how increasing spectral efficiency will drive deployment.
[March 15, 2005, 2:00]
GPRS: Next generation mobile system comes to Britain
News Last month saw BT Cellnet's launch of the world's first GPRS service, the beginning of a wireless technology that is expected to revolutionise the way people think about and use the Internet. Most of the major wireless carriers in the UK will be...
[July 7, 2000, 15:17]
GPRS Traffic Counter SPE
Downloads The ALL-locations GPRS Traffic Counter 3.1 Smartphone Edition enables you to keep track of your costs when using GPRS with a Smartphone. With GPRS you pay for data traffic, not for airtime. The GPRS Traffic Counter allows you to monitor the amount...
[May 25, 2005, 10:29]
Landslide 2500: GPRS Performance Test System
White Papers Spirent Communications' GPRS Performance Test System (GPTS) is the only mobility test tool that simulates real-world traffic models for GPRS mobility core packet data networks. The GPRS Performance Test System is a comprehensive end-to-end test...
[March 15, 2005, 2:00]
GPRS: A timeline
News 1999: Trial and commercial contracts for GPRS infrastructure GPRS infrastructure installed in GSM networks Summer 2000: First GPRS services become available, with typical bandwidth of 20-28 kbit/s Early 2001: Basic GPRS-capable terminals...
[July 7, 2000, 15:23]
GPRS price war unlikely, say analysts
News Analysts believe that Vodafone's decision to offer a cut-price GPRS service is unlikely to force BT Cellnet into cutting the price of its own service. Vodafone launched its consumer GPRS offering earlier today, and is taking on rival BT Cellnet...
[June 1, 2001, 17:43]
(E)GPRS Measurements With R&S CMU200 and CMUgo
White Papers One aspect of GSM are the packet-oriented services GPRS and EGPRS. This paper describes how to use CMUgo, a Windows application for remote control of the R&S CMU200 and for measuring and testing (E)GPRS aspects of mobile phones in compliance with...
[July 29, 2007, 23:05]
GPRS Mobile Phones - An Overview for Test Professionals
White Papers This paper covers many aspects about GPRS. The objective is to provide you with a comprehensive view of how GPRS works, and what is required to test GPRS mobile devices. Since GPRS is similar to GSM in many ways, much of this paper will focus on...
[May 18, 2009, 8:40]
Extended Erlang-B Law for Performance Evaluation of Radio Resources Sharing in GSM/(E)GPRS Networks
White Papers In this paper, a simple and accurate Erlang-like law is derived for the dimensioning of radio resources in GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks taking into account the voice and data traffic mix in a cell. Resources are assumed to be shared according to the so...
[November 22, 2005, 0:00]
Data Capabilities: GPRS to HSDPA and Beyond
White Papers It then explains the capabilities as well as workings of the different technologies, including GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and HSDPA to quantify real-world performance. Finally, the paper discusses the evolution from GPRS to HSDPA, as well as to future...
[November 10, 2005, 0:00]
GPRS White Paper
White Papers The General Packet Radio System (GPRS) is a new service that provides actual packet radio access for mobile Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and time-division multiple access (TDMA) users.
[September 2, 2008, 7:35]
GPRS is 'bigger failure than WAP'
News Operators such as MmO2, Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile in the UK have begun selling data-based GPRS services -- also known as 2.5G -- which speed up download times and create an always-on data connection.
[November 25, 2002, 8:07]
GPRS-IP Backbone Strategies and FreeGPRS
White Papers With the recent deployment of the GPRS technology some questions about the interconnectivity with ISP's and corporate has risen. The authors want to study some IP servers and interconnection scenarios which would effect the hole GPRS network and IP...
[December 23, 2006, 0:00]
GPRS/EDGE Network Primer: Functional Specifications and Wireless Application Development
White Papers GSM/GPRS/EDGE is the next step in high-speed wireless communication. There is no longer a need to dial up an ISP since the Rogers Wireless GPRS/EDGE network is acting as a wireless Internet connection (or as an extension of a corporate LAN).
[November 18, 2005, 0:00]
GPRS Data Traffic Modelling
White Papers This paper presents the results from an analysis of traffic measurements taken at the Gb interface of a GPRS network. The data is analysed to characterise the aggregate workload statistics, including marginal distribution, autocorrelation and the...
[November 22, 2005, 0:00]
GPRS Considerations for Mobile Email
White Papers It is easy to set-up a Symbian OS email client to retrieve and send emails on a GPRS network. Symbian OS phones can access email services ? out of the box? using the most popular email retrieval protocols, namely POP3 and IMAP4.
[July 13, 2007, 0:49]
TCP Over GPRS: The Effect of Preemption
White Papers GPRS extends the widely deployed GSM with a more efficient wireless Internet access. This paper presents measurements of GPRS traffic when preempted circuit-switched calls. The results indicate that TCP performance is degraded more than necessary...
[June 23, 2004, 0:00]
Core Network Planning, Optimization and Forecasting in GSM/GPRS Networks
White Papers This paper aims at identifying the main features of a proper POFTool that efficiently supports dimensioning and optimization studies for combined GSM / General Packet Radio System (GPRS) networks and to propose an evaluation methodology which...
[June 28, 2004, 3:15]
Ericsson unveils GPRS phone for the youth market
News Ericsson released details of a new GPRS-enabled mobile phone on Tuesday that should hit the UK market by the end of 2001. It will download data at speeds up to 43.2kbps over the GPRS network, which should make WAP surfing easier.
[September 4, 2001, 11:57]
